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Done nothing to write home about in the last couple of months, lots of shuttling to and fro between home, Estoril and Brussels on Lexus work
Running perfectly, even the heated rear window (a common GTV problem) is working, new exhaust is bedding in nicely and absolutley brings a smile to my face whenever I get behind the wheel
Have managed to clean up and paint the front coilpack cover in Alfa Red but got a huge list of bodywork rectification planned for the spring, lots of swirl marks, minor scratches that need sorting out, thankfully I have all the stuff to do it myself
Running perfectly, even the heated rear window (a common GTV problem) is working, new exhaust is bedding in nicely and absolutley brings a smile to my face whenever I get behind the wheel
Have managed to clean up and paint the front coilpack cover in Alfa Red but got a huge list of bodywork rectification planned for the spring, lots of swirl marks, minor scratches that need sorting out, thankfully I have all the stuff to do it myself
Lots of of work done in the last couple of weeks:
1. With the help of an airbrush and mini compressor I sprayed then wetsanded a few minor scuffs on the rear bumper, door mirrors and rear wing
2. Stone chips treated with Chipex
3. Full clay session
4. Megs DA Cutting Discs with Correction Compound over entire car
5. Poorboys Black Hole applied by DA
6. Nitro Seal applied
7. All plastics, rubbers treated with Autobrite Bubblegum
8. Plenum chamber / coil pack cover sprayed satin metallic red and then ridges / lettering sanded back to bare alloy
9. Inlets removed and polished up with Autosol
10. Underbonnet plastics / rubbers cleaned and treated with 303
11. All wheels removed and cleaned, new centre caps, arches cleaned and treated with Barebones
12. Interior plastics treated with Autobrite pink Sheen
13. Glass cleaned with AG Fast Glass and treated with Autobrite Repel
Not perfect but a massive improvement on how it was before
1. With the help of an airbrush and mini compressor I sprayed then wetsanded a few minor scuffs on the rear bumper, door mirrors and rear wing
2. Stone chips treated with Chipex
3. Full clay session
4. Megs DA Cutting Discs with Correction Compound over entire car
5. Poorboys Black Hole applied by DA
6. Nitro Seal applied
7. All plastics, rubbers treated with Autobrite Bubblegum
8. Plenum chamber / coil pack cover sprayed satin metallic red and then ridges / lettering sanded back to bare alloy
9. Inlets removed and polished up with Autosol
10. Underbonnet plastics / rubbers cleaned and treated with 303
11. All wheels removed and cleaned, new centre caps, arches cleaned and treated with Barebones
12. Interior plastics treated with Autobrite pink Sheen
13. Glass cleaned with AG Fast Glass and treated with Autobrite Repel
Not perfect but a massive improvement on how it was before
gotta love an Alfa! 
Few jobs done in the last few days.
The Brembos had gone all pink due to lacquer peel so cleaned them all up and repainted them and put on new Alfa stickers, look like they did when it left the factory again
Rubbed down my spare plenum, painted in wrinkle finish black, repainted the lettering red and rubbed back and polished the ribs, done the coil pack cover the same - can't decide whether its better than the red one I've already done
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Lastly, fitted the re-trimmed steering wheel, original was feeling and looking well past its best. Went for half nappa, half perforated leather, 2mm extra padding and tan stitching to match the rest of the interior - smells. looks and feels superb
The Brembos had gone all pink due to lacquer peel so cleaned them all up and repainted them and put on new Alfa stickers, look like they did when it left the factory again
Rubbed down my spare plenum, painted in wrinkle finish black, repainted the lettering red and rubbed back and polished the ribs, done the coil pack cover the same - can't decide whether its better than the red one I've already done
|http://thumbsnap.com/GFCiqfzK[/url]Lastly, fitted the re-trimmed steering wheel, original was feeling and looking well past its best. Went for half nappa, half perforated leather, 2mm extra padding and tan stitching to match the rest of the interior - smells. looks and feels superb
psychoR1 said:
How did you do the steering wheel - looks great!
Cheated and sent it to Royal Steering Wheels. Jack has done a couple of wheels for me now and they are always top quality, can do any combo of nappa leather, perforated leather and alcantara together with any colour stitchingThis one cost be £110 delivered on an exchange basis
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